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| The Intercept: |
Zoom's marketing and product make the claim that it uses “end-to-end encryption”, but video and audio content from meetings is not end-to-end encrypted — Zoom, the video conferencing service whose use has spiked amid the Covid-19 pandemic, claims to implement end-to-end encryption …
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| New York Times: |
New York's AG sent a letter to Zoom expressing concern over security vulnerabilities and privacy practices as more users conduct sensitive tasks on the service — As the videoconferencing platform's popularity has surged, Zoom has scrambled to address a series of data privacy and security problems.
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Weather app Dark Sky says it's been acquired by Apple along with its team; the Android app is no longer available and the API will shutter on Dec. 31, 2021 — In a big move to improve its weather app, Apple has purchased the highly popular iOS app Dark Sky.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
After reports in tabloids of Houseparty users having social media accounts hacked, Houseparty offers $1M reward to unmask those behind apparent “smear campaign” — App maker denies getting hacked after multiple reports in British media. — Houseparty, a video conferencing desktop …
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| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
Around 60 employees staged a walkout at a Staten Island, NY fulfillment center to protest the impact of Amazon's COVID-19 response on warehouse workers — As Amazon workers across the country test positive for the virus, employees believe collective action is the only way to get the company to meaningfully clean its facilities
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Spotify for Kids launches in the US, Canada, and France on the $14.99/month Spotify Premium Family tier with 8,000 songs, of which 50% is localized — Spotify is giving more housebound parents — and their cooped-up kids — a new tool to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Comcast says internet traffic from voice and video calls has risen 212% on its network over the past month and the overall peak traffic is up by 32% — Traffic zooms up as more people work from home — Voice and video calls have more than tripled on Comcast's network …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple commits to paying its contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic, after initially saying some jobs would be suspended without pay — As shutdowns caused by COVID-19 remain in place, Apple has committed to paying its contractors. The Wall Street Journal reports that initially … | Victoria Song / Gizmodo: |
Fitbit unveils the Charge 4 fitness tracker, its first new product under Google, with built-in GPS, NFC payments, and Spotify compatibility, starting at $150 — As we entered a new decade, Fitbit's fortunes looked uncertain. Last year, the company was acquired by Google for a neat $2.1 billion …
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| OnePlus Community: |
OnePlus says its OnePlus 8 flagship phone will have Snapdragon 865 for 25% better performance, 120Hz display, 5G, and more; launch event will be on April 14 — As most of you already know, OnePlus has focused on creating a “fast and smooth” user experience since day one.
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| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Xerox plans to end its $30B+ tender offer for HP and proxy fight to replace HP's board after the pandemic undercut its ability to execute a merger — Coronavirus pandemic prompts copier maker to walk away from challenging merger attempt — Xerox Holdings Corp. is pulling the plug … | Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Palo Alto Networks says it will acquire CloudGenix, which competes with SD-WAN providers like Cisco, for $420M — CloudGenix competes with Cisco and other incumbents in the SD-WAN space. — Palo Alto Networks said on Tuesday that it plans to acquire software-defined wide-area networking …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap launches App Stories, which lets developers syndicate Stories in other apps, where they will default to a seven-day expiration — If you can't stop them, power them. That's the strategy behind Snapchat App Stories, which launches today to let users show off their ephemeral content in other apps too.
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9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, Adweek, Digital Trends, iPhone Hacks, and Axios. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Transportation software company Via, which offers a carpooling service in NYC, raises $200M Series E led by Exor at a $2.25B valuation — Via, a transportation software company best-known for its carpool service in New York City, has raised $200 million in Series E funding led by Exor …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Tech trade groups and congressional leaders send letters to the Trump administration requesting VC-backed startups not be excluded from the stimulus' SMB loans — In a letter, the lawmakers ask the Trump administration to include the “engine of the innovation economy” in stimulus package loans.Thanks:@emilydreyfuss
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
FCC announces that all phone carriers must adopt the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication protocols by June 30, 2021 to combat robocalls — The FCC announced today all carriers and phone companies must adopt the STIR/SHAKEN protocol by June 30th, 2021. The regulatory requirement is designed … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces Azure Edge Zones, now in private preview, to enable new low latency cloud computing suited for 5G networks — Microsoft and AWS are racing to provide tighter ties between 5G and cloud services. Microsoft's strategy for this involves Azure Edge Zones and an expanding number of telco and carrier partners.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Huawei reports net profit of $9B for 2019, up 5.65% YoY, its slowest growth since 2016, on revenue of $123B, up 19.1% YoY, says it's impacted by US blacklist — - Huawei reported revenue of around 858.8 billion yuan or $123 billion for 2019, in line with its target at the start of last year.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft debuts a Family Safety mobile app and AI-powered PowerPoint and Excel features as part of its 365 Family and Personal subscriptions, coming April 21 — Microsoft today announced that on April 21, Office 365 will become Microsoft 365, or “the subscription for your life.”
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